I recieved a .38 snubnose Colt dective special, what a wonder gun in fact. I loaded up 5.5gr Unique with 126gr fp rainer bullets. And man what a muzzle flash. The reason I used is because it was that or Tightgroup and TG did not fill up the case too good and Unique was ok.
So my question is what is good fast buring powder for .38 special snubnose.
I would really hate to keep buying up powders by the pound just to find one out. The loads will be for target only.

I don't think there is one we can buy.
Because of the velocity loss...30 to 50 feet per second for each inch of barrel, you need a 110 or 125 in a .38 Special.
My recommendation is a good .357 Magnum. Then you can up or down load the gun to get the velocity you want. Remember that 350 foot pounds of muzzle energy is the old standard.

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